Heal The World - Michael Jackson

There's A Place In
Your Heart
And I Know That It Is Love
And This Place Could
Be Much
Brighter Than Tomorrow
And If You Really Try
You'll Find There's No Need
To Cry
In This Place You'll Feel
There's No Hurt Or Sorrow

There Are Ways
To Get There
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Little Space
Make A Better Place...

Heal The World
Make It A Better Place
For You And For Me
And The Entire Human Race
There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Better Place
For You And For Me

If You Want To Know Why
There's A Love That
Cannot Lie
Love Is Strong
It Only Cares For
Joyful Giving
If We Try
We Shall See
In This Bliss
We Cannot Feel
Fear Or Dread
We Stop Existing And
Start Living

Then It Feels That Always
Love's Enough For
Us Growing
So Make A Better World
Make A Better World...

Heal The World
Make It A Better Place
For You And For Me
And The Entire Human Race
There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Better Place
For You And For Me

And The Dream We Were
Conceived In
Will Reveal A Joyful Face
And The World We
Once Believed In
Will Shine Again In Grace
Then Why Do We Keep
Strangling Life
Wound This Earth
Crucify it's Soul
Though It's Plain To See
This World Is Heavenly
Be God's Glow

We Could Fly So High
Let Our Spirits Never Die
In My Heart
I Feel You Are All
My Brothers
Create A World With
No Fear
Together We'll Cry
Happy Tears
See The Nations Turn
Their Swords
Into Plowshares

We Could Really Get There
If You Cared Enough
For The Living
Make A Little Space
To Make A Better Place...

Heal The World
Make It A Better Place
For You And For Me
And The Entire Human Race
There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Better Place
For You And For Me

Heal The World
Make It A Better Place
For You And For Me
And The Entire Human Race
There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Better Place
For You And For Me

Heal The World
Make It A Better Place
For You And For Me
And The Entire Human Race
There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Better Place
For You And For Me

There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Better Place
For You And For Me

There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Better Place
For You And For Me

You And For Me
You And For Me
You And For Me
You And For Me
You And For Me
You And For Me
You And For Me
You And For Me
You And For Me
You And For Me
You And For Me

Michael Jackson wrote and produced this song himself. In the documentary Living with Michael Jackson, Jackson said he created the song while in his "giving tree" at the Neverland ranch. He preceded to climb the tree at the interviewer's request.

Michael Jackson probably wrote this song after he had observed all the horrible deeds that mankind is capable of- for example, if we look at the historical context, the two World Wars and the Vietnam War are expensive lessons for us to learn. The carnage is just unthinkable. The reason is clearly identified in the song- our lack of love for each other.

The geographical context of this song is not limited to just America, but the world. We are all guilty of this heinous crime called hatred. Jackson is appealing to us to be strong and to take action before we destroy ourselves. Very often, we lead such peaceful and normal lives without realizing it, especially in a country like Australia. We take this for granted. As a result, we overlook people who are suffering in other parts of the world, for example, children who die from malnutrition in third world countries. Do we ever spare a thought for those in war torn areas?

Although Jackson wrote this song in the late last century, he was ahead of his time as there are worst atrocities committed this century as seen on 9th of September 2001. That wasn’t even a war. People left their homes to go to work, never in their wildest dreams thinking that they will not return home. Almost 5000 people perished in that act of terror without even a decent burial. How is it that innocent lives could be taken in such a devastating manner? It didn’t stop there. In 2007, it was the London Bombings. In 2008, it was the Mumbai Bombings. Families were torn apart. All because people refused to recognize acknowledge that there is only one race, the human race.

There fore, the significance of this song is to encourage people to help out and make this world a better place. The language is inclusive, for example, Jackson uses words like: “You and me…” and “The entire human race…” The phrase “people dying”, also help open our eyes, by telling us that this suffering is very real and it is happening on a major scale.

This song have means, It means to stop having wars with other countries and just stop fighting because it's not helping anyone. It also means he wants everyone to just get along and there's no need for hate and enemies. Basically he just wanted ever to stop fighting and get along with each other and just be plain nice!